Tooth-bending attachment.



H. W. SAGE.v TOOTH BBNDING ATTACHMENT. urLIoATIoN FILED snr'r.11,v19o9.

' Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

l nl: 7% 2"l` Haz/DEN W Sfar UNITED OFFICE.

HAYDEN W. SAGE, F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 FRANK A. BALDWIN AND VICTOR M. TUTHILL, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

TOOTH-BENDING ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

Application filed September 11, 1909. Serial No. 517,296.

To cttw/1,0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IAYDnN W. Sacre, a

' citizen of the United States of Arncrcin residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvel'nents in Tooth-Bending Attachments; and I do hercby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thc invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malte and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in tooth bending` attachments for saw tiling machines, and its object is to provide a device that may be easily attached to any ordinary saw tiling machine, and can be used equally well on either band or circular saws, and to provide the same with various new and useful features as hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

This device is used to bend the points of the saw teeth toward the next adjacent too-th, and in the direction of the plane of the saw blade, thus giving them a better angle to cutthe wood7 and also doing away with waste of metal in tiling as only the point of the tooth which has been bent down will need to b-e tiled away in order to sharpen the saw.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device applied to a band saw; Fig. 2 is a front elevat-ion of the same; Fig. 3 is a side ele- Vation with the upper portion broken away, and a circular saw shown in operative position; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the device as shown in Fig. 3; and, Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the gures.

l represents any convenient portion of the frame of a saw tiling machine or other support.

2 is the bed plate fastened to the support l by cap screws 17. The up-per part 3 of this bed plate 2 is bent outward at right angles and forms a support for the adjusting screw 6 which is journaled in the same. A slide 4 having an outwardly extending portion 5 is vertically slidab-le in a dovetailed groove which is formed by the plates 2a which have their inner edges oppositely beveled and are bolted to the bed plate 2.

The outwardly extended portion 5 of the slide 4 is tapped to receive the screw (3 which vertically adjusts the slide. Athreaded stud 18 is fastened to the bed plate 2 and extends through a slot 4 in the slide 4, and a clamping nut 9 screws on to the stud 18, and holds the slide 4 in any desired adjust-- ment. A journal block 7 is adjustably fastened to the slide 4 by screws l2, a slot 13 being` provided in the block 7, through which slot one of the bolts 12 is inserted to allow the block to be adjusted.

S is a. hardened steel. roller whicl'i contacts the points of the teeth of the saw at right angles to the plane ot' the saw blade and bends the same in the direction of the next adjacent tooth as it is drawn under the same. This roller is supported by the block 7 and journaled on the same.

In Fig. l a band saw 1i is shown, the lower edge of which is supported by a table 10, which is bolted to the frame l of the saw tiling machine and is adjustable thereon. This table holds the saw teeth against the under side of the roller 8, and as the saw is drawn under the roller, the teeth are bent in thc direction of the plane of the saw, and to the desired shape. They can be bent more or less by adjusting the. slide 4 up or down.

In Fig. 3 a circular saw 14 is shown which is supported by an arbo-r 15 which is rotative in a bracket 16 bolted to the frame l or support, and .is vertically adjustable thereon. This holds the teeth of the saw against the under side of the roller 8, and as the saw is rotated, the teeth are bent.

The specific modification adapting the device to operate upon a circular saw is not herein claimed but is reserved for a sep-aratc application in accordance with the requirement of the Oiiicefor division of this application.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim is:

l. A tooth bending device, comprising a rolling member having a smooth cylindrical periphery, means for supporting the rolling member, and means for movably holding the saw in engagement what teeth at right angles to the plane of the 'roller supported by' the slide and adjustable thereon and also adapted to engage the ends of saw teeth at right angles to the plane of the saw as the saw is moved beneath the roller, andy a table adapted to support a band saw and force the teeth of the saw against the roller.

l. In. a device of the class described, the

combination of a bed plate adapted to be fastened to a convenient support, a dove- (afl.- groove in the bed plate, a slide movable in the dovetail l'roove7 means for vertically adjust-ing the slide in the groove, means for elan'ipinjg` the slide to the bed plate7 a journal block supjiorted on the slide and adjustable thereon, a roller journaled on the journal block and adapted to engage the ends ot the saw teeth, a table attaehed to the .said support and vertically adjustable thereon and also adapted to lsupport the lower edge ot' a band saw and force the teeth of the same against the under side of the roller.

ln testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HAYDEN ll". SAGE. Witnesses JAMES B. GRAY, Romclrr lVeMMm.

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